[crissman]

ALMOST THERE!!!!

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Why is your custom column of type "columns built from other columns, behaves like tags" when it should be "columns built from other columns"?

I was using "columns built from other columns, behaves like tags" based on another persons post. I had originally tried it using columns built from other columns but had the same results. I thought that since on the PW1 collections are basically just tags I would see if it worked.

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Also, use the template
Code:
{author_sort}{series:| - |}

Originally Posted by eschwartz

If you use
Code:
{author_sort} - {series}{series_index:| - | - }{title}
you will end up with a collection called "Martin, George R.R - A Song of Fire and Ice - 1 - A Game of Thrones" and so forth, a separate collection for each and every book.

That makes sense. It works perfectly.

I have done "customize collections to create in calibre" to create collections based on my column using the Template {author_sort}{series:| - |}. After which I then did "Create Collections on the Kindle from Calibre" this worked perfectly.

I then went to my PW1 and opened up K5 Collection Manager Menu/Synchronization/Import collections from Calibre.

What it created collection
Martin, George R.R. - A Song of Ice and Fire
No Items

Am I missing something, I could have sworn using the collection manager in the past created the collections and auto-populated the collections the books inside that collection?((I know it is tags and not truly folders) without having to manually add the books using the move/copy command in the CM and moving them into the collections?

Originally Posted by Gary_M_Mugford

Crissman,
I threw in a query about series 'shortening' back in post #52 in this thread. And that brought Chaley into the discussion two posts later. And if you read the thread from there, you will get what you are looking for, I promise. There's a bunch of columns you have to create to make his suggestions work for you. But they are clearly outlined instruction-wise, with the only warning I have to COPY and PASTE from the examples, since there is a space that is required that can be missed when typing.

Originally Posted by Gary_M_Mugford

NONE of the work is mine, so I ask you review Chaley's responses in the thread starting with #54. After that, you'll feel like a calibre programmer.

This is indeed what I was looking for. Thank you for pointing me in the right directions. I would never had figured this out on my own.. As for calibre programming.. I don't think I will ever be proficient at it just did a lot of reading and trying stuff "Copy and Paste" all the way.

As a side question.. my mother has a kobo Aura HD any ideas if this would also work on hers or not. I am not familiar with the layout of books and collections on kobo.

Thank you very much for all this help.
3 Cheers to Chaley as well!!!